君子不器
Into the Black Mirror: The Truth Behind China’s Social Credit System “Blacklists… data… credit scores… all sensationalized elements of the Chinese policy plan regularly blasted as reminiscent of 1984: the Social Credit System. Often compared with chilling dystopian science-fiction episodes, the topic has received breathless coverage from some members of the international media, but information…
Things That Will Get You Thrown in a Chinese Political Education Camp ~ the blog post that was turned into this Foreign Policy article: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/13/48-ways-to-get-sent-to-a-chinese-concentration-camp/
The 1968 Book That Tried to Predict the World of 2018 What “Toward the Year 2018” gets most consistently right is the integration of computing into daily life. Massive information networks of fibre optics and satellite communication, accessed through portable devices in a “universality of telephony”—and an upheaval in privacy? It’s all in there. The…
Uncanny Paintings of Surveillance Footage
Congress just cleared the way for internet providers to sell your web browsing history “The consequences of passing this resolution are clear: broadband providers like AT&T, Comcast, and others will be able to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission,” said Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) on the House floor this afternoon.…